Rainbow Valley by L.M. Montgomery
Author:L.M. Montgomery [Montgomery, L.M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-77049-866-2
Publisher: Tundra
Published: 2014-09-08T16:00:00+00:00
XVII
A Double Victory
Norman Douglas came to church the first Sunday in November and made all the sensation he desired. Mr. Meredith shook hands with him absently on the church steps and hoped dreamily that Mrs. Douglas was well.
âShe wasnât very well just before I buried her ten years ago, but I reckon she has better health now,â boomed Norman, to the horror and amusement of everyone except Mr. Meredith, who was absorbed in wondering if he had made the last head of his sermon as clear as he might have, and hadnât the least idea what Norman had said to him or he to Norman.
Norman intercepted Faith at the gate.
âKept my word, you seeâkept my word, Red Rose. Iâm free now till the first Sunday in December. Fine sermon, girlâfine sermon. Your father has more in his head than he carries on his face. But he contradicted himself onceâtell him he contradicted himself. And tell him I want that brimstone sermon in December. Great way to wind up the old yearâwith a taste of hell, you know. And whatâs the matter with a nice tasty discourse on heaven for New Yearâs? Though it wouldnât be half as interesting as hell, girlânot half. Only Iâd like to know what your father thinks about heavenâhe can thinkârarest thing in the worldâa parson who can think. But he did contradict himself. Ha, ha! Hereâs a question you might ask him sometimes when heâs awake, girl. âCan God make a stone so big He couldnât lift it Himself?â Donât forget now. I want to hear his opinion of it. Iâve stumped many a minister with that, girl.â
Faith was glad to escape him and run home. Dan Reese, standing among the crowd of boys at the gate, looked at her and shaped his mouth into âpig-girl,â but dared not utter it aloud just there. Next day in school was a different matter. At noon recess Faith encountered Dan in the little spruce plantation behind the school and Dan shouted once more,
âPig-girl! Pig-girl! Rooster-girl!â
Walter Blythe suddenly rose from a mossy cushion behind a little clump of firs where he had been reading. He was very pale, but his eyes blazed.
âYou hold your tongue, Dan Reese!â he said.
âOh, hello, Miss Walter,â retorted Dan, not at all abashed. He vaulted airily to the top of the rail fence and chanted insultingly,
Cowardy, cowardy-custard
Stole a pot of mustard,
Cowardy, cowardy-custard!
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